It is such arrogance that will be unearthed come what may Coach., Does who worhsip your soul shall continue to do so, and I am not one of them. Don't bother Demba, we expect a simple formula from Gainako, collect news item from the opposition politicians themselves in matters like this. The views of rival parties shouldn't be republished verbatim. Foroyaa will not in a million years publish anything from Gainako, no chance. We want matters dealing with the UPD, NRP or GMC to be reported by an independent reporter of Gainako not republishing a piece from Foroyaa. Thanks Demba On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 4:36 AM, Pasamba Jow <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Demba, why bother? > > "True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of > justice." Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. > > > > > ________________________________ > Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:39:03 -0700 > Subject: Re: [>-<] Political opportunism (Foroyaas coverage of Peters > arrest) > From: [log in to unmask] > To: [log in to unmask] > > Suntou, > > In as much as you see Foroyaa as a newspaper you also have to understand > that the paper is an organ of a political party. So only if you don't > understand the role Foroyaa plays that you can be taken by surprise that > they ponder towards their ideology. If UDP or any other political party had > a similar organ they will be promoting their brand more than anybody else. > > How would you assess Suntou's blog report issues related to the UDP??? vs > PDOIS or APRC? Sometimes understanding political components goes a long way > to help one analyse reports. If you see such a skewed report on Gainako or > senegambia or other more independent papers may be you can call them on > it.... > > Hope that helps clarify so you don't try to make something out of nothing... > > Demba > > On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 4:28 AM, Dave Manneh <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Mr Touray, > > Please elaborate a little more if you would, on what constitutes “Political > Opportunism” on Forooya and/PDOIS’ part/s? > > I’ve read both links you provided, and I am still none the wiser as to what > could have raised your ire. > > I suppose most importantly too, why, in your view > should PDOIS and Foroyaa be two entities; independent and separate from each > other? > > Kind Regards, > > Dave > > NB: Am at a loose-end presently; having finished one project and not started > on another. So I've spare time to indulge in cyber chitchat. > > 2009/10/29 suntou touray <[log in to unmask]> > > [ This e-mail is posted to Gambia|Post e-Gathering by suntou touray > <[log in to unmask]> ] > > > In has much i wish to avoid focusing on the style the foroyya news > paper adopted in reporting the UDP rally and subsiquent events, one > cannot but comment on their strategic ploy to make the issue down bit. > The Foroyaa reportage culled from www.gainako.com higligthed serious > opportunism on the part of Foroyaa the arm of PDOIS. They claim that, > whatever was mention on the UDP rally was reported by their paper. As > if rallies are the same as news paper items. If it is trust and mutual > cooperation we are all advocating, the Foroyaa should change its > stance and see to it that, their views or way is not the only way. > > We want to respect the persons and agendas of all the opposition, try > to bridge the gabs, therefore, Foroyaa activitiues on this issue is > unprofessional and politically bias. > http://www.gainako.com/news/news/2009/10/29/public-meeting-by-political-parties-is-a-constitutional-political-and-civic-right-and-not-a-privilege.html. > > > In an earlier coverage on the episode, Foroyya went as far as quote a > number to the people that attended the rally. Were they guessing or > did they actually count the number of people that attended the rally? > Foroyaa should do its best to always be seen to be independent of > PDOIS, if not their side of stories like this will be rejected and/or > taken with a pinch of salt. > http://www.foroyaa.gm/modules/news/article.php?storyid=3750 > Suntou Bolonba > > > > ----------------------------gambiapost.NET------------------------------ > SUBSCRIPTION: http://thegambiapostforum.com/membership > We thank you for joining our forum. The purpose of The Gambia Post Forum is > to provide a place for national discourse, a place where we can exchange > ideas > and share common interests. The Gambia Post is the largest Gambian online > community on the Web where a variety of issues are discussed. We maintain an > Open Forum for ALL Gambians and Friends of The Gambia, accessible to people > of > all works of life, and ages. 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